sdrplay rsp1a and rtl_433

[Greg Troxel]

I have a chance to get a rsp1a used, and it seems intriguing as a better
receiver than an RTL-SDR dongle (even a nooelec or blog one), but I do
not want to deal with any proprietary software.

As I read sdrplay.com, one has to download their proprietary binary-only
driver, available for only a handful of platform/cpu combinations. They
call this software "API", and it seems obvious it talks to the device
and provides an API boundary. (Even worse, they want you to register
and to send data to google to get the download!)

Is this really how it is? Or is there open source code that could be
made to work on FooOS with a RISC-V CPU, assuming POSIX and USB support?

[Christian Z.]

I have a RSP1A and signal quality is all-around really great. Despite that I'm not using the receiver, the software is too much trouble. It's only available for few of my systems and while the (deprecated) v2 API was ok, the current v3 API is some system daemon which I personally dislike.

Note that this is just my very biased personal view due to handling of the device. It should not distract from the quality of the hardware or dedication of the makers. And they had visible problems with unlicencensed / fake clones (ab-)using their software.

[Benjamin Larsson]

On 09/09/2024 18:34, Christian Z. wrote:
> Note that this is just my very biased personal view due to handling of
> the device. It should not distract from the quality of the hardware or
> dedication of the makers. And they had visible problems with
> unlicencensed / fake clones (ab-)using their software.

There are somewhat working drivers available on github. But I would say
that it is not at all in the level that the proprietary software can
deliver.

https://github.com/f4exb/libmirisdr-4

I have a few clones. Maybe we should look into a fork targeted for rtl_433.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson